Railway-joint.



PATENTED JUNE 27, 1905. P. P. BROWN.

RAILWAY JOINT.

APPLICATION FILED APR.13,1905.

[NI/EN TOR 65 Af/or/zay W! TNESSES- Patented June 27, 1905.

PATENT OFFICE.

FRANKLIN P. BROW'N, OF DAYTON, OHIO.

RAILWAY-JOINT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 793,346, dated June 27,1905.

Application filed April 13, 1905. Serial No. 255,281.

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Be it known that I, FRANKLIN P. Bnows, a citizen of the United States,residing at Dayton, in the county of Montgomery and State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Railway-Joints; and I dohereby declare that the following-is a'full,clear, and exact descriptionof the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to whichit appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to the characters of reference markedthereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to improvements in railway-joints, the features ofwhich will be fully hereinafter described and claimed.

The object of my invention is to form a joint in which one part of thejoining member will be an integral part of one rail and the extensionthereof adapted to receive the end of the abutting rail, therebydispensing with plates and bolts that form the usual joint.

The object is accomplished by the construction illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, in \vhich-- Figure I is a plan of the joint withthe rails slightly apart. Fig. 2 is a transverse section of the same online m, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a transverse section of the same on line ;1Fig. 1.

Like characters designate like parts in the several views.

The plate O, of metal, is formed long enough to embrace the end of therail A, with the exception of thetread. It is formed as shown incross-section in Fig. It is then heated and rolled until it forms asolid part of said rail. said solid part being about one-half thelengthof said plate, and the hollow extension thereof is adapted to receivethe end of the connecting-rail 13. The space 1 for receiving the end ofthe rail may have a series of recesses, :15 shown at 2, Fig. 3. Inrepairing it would be necessary in replacing a rail to cut away theinner web of the extension, then bolt on the joining-rail.

Having fully described my invention. what I claim is Arailway-jointcomprisinga wrought-plate conforming to the form of aT-rail, one end of said plate being solidly welded to the end of a rail,and having an extension of the identical form to engage an abuttingrail, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I aflix my signaturein presence of two witnesses.

FRANKLIN 1. BROWN.

\Vitnesses:

1%. Iiexnmxe, J. D. BnUNNnn.

